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The Other Epidemic

Social distancing measures necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19 could have adverse effects on the mental health of millions.
The Other Epidemic

A week and a half ago, President Trump was starting to think about reopening the economy. “You have tremendous responsibility. We have jobs,” he told the handful of White House reporters spread across the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. “People get tremendous anxiety and depression, and you have suicides over things like this when you have terrible economies.

Declan Garvey is the publisher of The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2019, he worked in public affairs at Hamilton Place Strategies and market research at Echelon Insights. When Declan is not assigning and editing pieces, he is probably watching a Cubs game, listening to podcasts on 3x speed, or trying a new recipe with his wife.

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